Physics and Astronomy at UNC-CH:
Where we came from, where we are going
Friday, October 10, 2008
Department of Physics and Astronomy, UNC-CH
211 Chapman Hall
1:00 - 1:15 Laurie McNeil, Professor and Chair
Introduction and brief history of the department
1:15 - 1:25 Paul Green, Jr., AB 1944
An undergraduate physics major in the 1940s
1:25 - 1:40 Lawrence Slifkin, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Solid state physics comes to UNC
1:40 - 1:55 Rene Lopez, Assistant Professor
Frontiers in condensed matter/materials physics
1:55 - 2:10 Amy Oldenburg, Assistant Professor
Looking inward: Physics of the human body
2:10 - 2:20 Break
2:20 - 2:35 Yee Jack Ng, Kenan Professor
Theoretical physics at UNC
2:35 - 2:50 Laura Mersini-Houghton, Assistant Professor
Frontiers in theoretical physics
2:50 - 3:10 Eugen Merzbacher, Kenan Professor Emeritus
Origins of TUNL and a remembrance of Wayne Bowers
3:10 - 3:30 Stephen Shafroth, Professor Emeritus
Highlights of the Early Years of UNC Nuclear and Atomic Physics at TUNL
3:30 - 3:45 Reyco Henning, Assistant Professor
Going deep to search for the rarest phenomena in the universe
3:45 - 3:55 Break
3:55 - 4:10 Morris Davis, Morehead Professor Emeritus
Astronomy comes (back) to UNC
4:10 - 4:25 Sheila Kannappan, Assistant Professor
Looking outward: the final frontier